Nigeria, Dec. 1 -- Fresh anxiety has gripped Eruku in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State after gunmen abducted a farmer, Annas Aasanru, on Sunday, only days after 38 kidnapped worshippers of the Christ Apostolic Church Oke Isegun regained freedom.

The attack came one week after the church members were released following five days in captivity, during which three worshippers were killed. The survivors were moved to Ilorin, where the state government placed them under medical observation at a hotel in the GRA.

A community leader said the latest attackers arrived with cutlasses and AK-47 rifles before taking the farmer and escaping into the surrounding forest.

Sunday's abduction deepens concerns about the security situation across...